Safety hook



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:aoss r. GEORGE, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SAFETY HO0K..

Application filed August 11, 1923. Serial No. 656,837.

v the lace, cord or eyelet is drawn through.

The object of the invention is to provide a hook that will be closed atbothsides when in use.

" Another object of the invention is to provide a hook, the open end of which will automatically close as the lace, an eye is placed in it.

Another object of the invention is to proa I cord, or

vide an automatic self-closing hook, with a means for holding itineither a closed or open position.

Anotherobject of the invention is to pro vide an automatic self-closing hook that will automatically open and release the lace, cord or eye as either the lace, cord or. eye is pulled outward.

A further object of the invention is to provide a safety hook that is provided with a means for attaching it to any surface or 1 material desired, such. as; glass, cloth,

leather, wood, metal, paper, or the like.

And a. still further object of the invention is to provide an automatic self-closing hook, with a means for holding it in the'open position. v

With these ends in view the invention embodies an eyelet or fastener, having a standard projecting from it, and an L-shaped hook pivotally mounted in the standard, said. hook being provided with lugs that may snap into recesses in the standard, and. also with-a spring for holding it in the open position.

Other features and advantages of the in-- vention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein: a I

. Figure 1 is'a sectional view of the hook.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figurefi is a section similar to that shown in Figure 1, showing an alternate design,

which is provided with spring ears for holding the hook in the open position.

igure 4: is another section similar to that shown in Figure 1, showing a hook on the end of the spring for holding the device in the closed position. a

Figure 5 is also ,a similar section, showing lugs on the side of the hook for holding it in the open or closed position.

Figure 6 is also'a similar section, showing ears on the outer edge of the eyelet for engaging the outer end of the hook. when in the closed position.

Figure 7 is a view showing a hook and eye of an alternate design. I V

Figure 8 is a view showing a wire hook which isalso an alternate design. t

Figure 9 is a bottom view of the hook shown in Figure 8 I Figure 10 is a view showing a hook of another alternate design, which is provided with prongs for holding it in the surface of a material.

Figure 11 is a view showing a circular fastener having a notch in one side.

Figure 12 is a view showing a hook .hav. ing a base provided with gripping prongs.

In the drawings I have shown my safety hook as it would be constructed wherein numera-l 1 indicates the eyelet or base, nu-

meral 2 the standard and numeral 3 the hook.

The eyelet may be made of any suitable materialof any desired design, and may be manufactured with the standard 2 made" integral therewith or attached in any suitable manner. The standard 2 will project from one side of the eyelet or base and may be made of a'flat piece of material that is bent slightly inward at the upper end, 'so that the upper edge 4 will act as a stop for the hook, and limit its upward movement. The standard may have flanges 5 on its sides, and these have holes 6 adjacent their upper ends in which a .pin 7, upon which the hook 3 is pivotallymounted, may be riveted.

The hook 3 may be constructed as shown with a curved upper section 8 and a curved lower section 9, extending at substantially a right angle from the inner-end of the upper section. The hook may have a hole at the inter-section of the two sections, through which the pin 7, upon which it is pivotally mounted, projects. wound around the 19. 17 and. may be placed A spring l0may be so that one end will bear against the standard 2 and the other against the section 9 of the hook, which will hold the hook open. The edges of the hook may be bent inward at the points 11 as shown in Figure 2, which are the points at which they engage the edges of the flanges 5 of the standard, so thatthe outside of the hook and standard will present a smooth surface.

The design shown in Figure 3 I have shown a spring 12 which bears against the inner surfaces of the standard and hook, and is held by a lug 13 in the standard, and a lug 14 in the hook. In this design ears 15 are provided on the inner side of the eyelet adjacent the standard, into which the section 9 of the hook will snap and be held in either position.

In the design shown in Figure 4, l have shown a spring 16, which bears against the inner surface of the section 9 of the hook, and passes upward and over the pivot 7, and downward against the inner surface of the standard. The lower end is provided with a hook 17 into'which a lug 18 on the lower end of the section 9, will snap when the hook is in the closed position. The lug 18 also limits the opening of the hook by engaging a stop 18 on the base of the stand-- ard.

The hook shown in Figure 5 is of a design similar to that shown in Figure 1, with the spring omitted and projections 19 added to the sides, of the section 9, which engage the edges of the flanges of the standard when the hook is open, and which snap into recesses 20 in the flanges of the standard when the hook is closed.

In Figure 6 I have shown an alternate de sign of the spring shown in Figure 1, in which a flat spring 21 is riveted to the inner surface of the standard, and its outer end bears against the inner surface of the section 9 of the hook. Bars 22 are also provided on the outer edge of the eyelet, between which the outer end of the hook may snap when the hook is in the closed position.

The different designs hereinbefore described are variations of the design shown in Figure 1, and only differ in the type of spring used for holding the hook open, and in the means for holding the hook in the different positions; whereas, the designs hereinafter described, show hooks that may be attached to the surface of any suitable material by sewing or clamping them to the material, or by inserting small holes through the material into which their bases may be clamped, and although these latter designs are made in different shapes and of a different type of material, they embody the same features and operate in the same manner.

In the design shown in Figure 7, the standard 2 is made of wire with eyelets 23 in the base, by which it may be attached to any suitable material, and the upper end of the standard bent around to form a pivot bar upon which a U-shaped hook 25 is pivoted. The ends ofv the wire are bent upward and inward to a point 26, where they engage a recess 27 in the rear of the hook 25 to hold it in the closed position, and a recess 28 to hold the hook in the open position. It will be seen that an eye 29 may be placed in the hook and held as shown, and when it is desired to remove the eye it may he pushed outward so that the hook will rotate about the pivot 24 and the recess 28 will move downward until it engages the point 26.

The design shown in Figure 8 shows a hook made of wire with a base constructed as shown in Figure 9, and the standard extending upward and over to form a loop 30 in which a hook 31 is mounted on a pin 32, or the hook 31 may be bent around the 17 end of the loop 30. In the base are projections 33 through which the lower end of the hook 31 will snap as the hook moves from one position to another, and these pro jcctions will ordinarily hold the hook in the different positions.

The design shown in Figure 10 shows a standard 34 which isbent over and provided with a slot 35 in its upper end, through which the upper section 36 of the hook may be passed before it is bent as shown. The hook is provided with shoulders 37 which will pre vent its lower section 38 passing through the slot 35, and it will be seen that after the upper section 36 is bent as shown it will be impossible for the hook to come out of the slot, while at the same time the hook will be free to move from the open position shown to the closed position. The standard 34 is provided with a base 39, which has lugs 40 and 41 on it to hold a hook in the open and closed position, and prongs 42 on it by which it may be held to any suitable material.

The hook in the design shown in Figure 11 is provided with a flat circular base 43 which has holes 44 in it, by which it may be attached to any suitable material, and projections 45 extending upward from it between which a circular piece of material 46 may be pivotally mounted on a pin 47. i

The outer ends of the projections are provided with lugs 48 that may snap into recesses 49 to hold the device in the position shown and also into recesses 50 to hold the device in the open position. cal piece of material 46 is provided with a notch 51 into which a lace, cord, eye or the like may be placed.

In the design shown in Figure 12 the upper section of the device may be similar to that shown in either of the other designs, as the only difference is in the providing of jaws 52 with prongs 53 in them on the base for gripping the device upon any suitable material.

The cylindri- It is understood that other changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may be in the type or design of the eyelet or base used, another may be in the design of the hook, and still another may be In the means for holding the hook in the open or closed position.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoing description. To use the hook it may be stamped in a shoe, glove, corset, belt, jacket, novelties, or the like, in the usual manner, and it will be seen that it will normally be in the open position. When a lace or the like is placed in it the lace will engage the surface of the section 9 and draw it backward into the standard 2, so that the actual strain from the lace will be taken against the edges and back of the standard. As the section 9 moves backward it will draw the upper section 8 of the hook downward, which will close the hook. It will then be seen that as the lace is released, the upper section of the hook will be free to open and as the lace or the like is pulled out- Ward the upper section will open so that the hook will be left in the open position.

Having thus fully described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A safety hook having a crescent shaped member pivotally supported in a standard that is provided with means for attaching it to thesurface of material, means for holding the crescent shaped member with the open side extending outward, and other means for holding the crescent shaped member with the open side extending downward or in the closed position.

2. A safety hook having a substantially angular shaped member pivotally supported in a standard that is provided withfmeans for attaching it to the surface of material,

means for holding the angular shaped member with the open side extending outward, and other means for holding the angular shapedmember with the open side extending downward or in the closed position.

ROSS F. GEORGE. 

